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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 67(5), 2002, pp. 449-453
Copyright © 2002 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol 67, Issue 5, 449-453
Copyright © 2002 by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Diagnostic value of molecular markers in chloroquine-resistant falciparum malaria in Southern Mauritania

T Jelinek, AO Aida, G Peyerl-Hoffmann, S Jordan, A Mayor, C Heuschkel, AO el Valy, F von Sonnenburg, and EM Christophel

Despite its diminishing efficacy because of increased resistance, chloroquine remains the primary antimalarial agent in many endemic areas. Evidence is mounting that point mutations on the Pfcrt and possibly the Pfmdr1 genes are conferring plasmodial resistance to chloroquine. In 1998, atypically strong rainfalls led to an increased activity of falciparum malaria in Mauritania that affected non-endemic regions bordering the Saharan desert. An in vivo study on chloroqine resistance was combined with studies for molecular markers of drug resistance. Detection of Pfmdr1-76-tyrosine showed an increased odds ratio (2.91) for resistance (P = 0.0195). However, by use of this codon alone, sensitivity for detection of resistance was 60.6%, and specificity was 65.3%. In comparison, detection of the K76T mutation at Pfcrt showed a very high sensitivity (100%) while specificity remained relatively low (65.4%). For the combination of mutations on both genes, the odds ratio for detection of resistance increased to 5.31 (P = 0.0005). Here, sensitivity was again decreased to 60.6% while specificity increased to 76.9%. The results of this study suggest that detection of Pfcrt T76 can be applied for predicting chloroquine resistance in epidemiologic settings with sufficiently high sensitivity to make it an attractive alternative to time- and labor-consuming in vivo trials. Additional testing for Pfmdr Y76 provides increased specificity to this approach.


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